Summary

The O'Leary Series is a useful way to develop computer application skills. Its design emphasizes the step-by step visual approach with screen captures for every concept. Features include: enhanced tips boxes that put the tips into one of three categories - additional information providing brief asides with expanded discussion of the features, Having Trouble which gives procedural tips advising students of possible problems and how to overcome them, and Try It This Way tips offering alternative methods of performing a procedure; an appendix that includes a MOUS preparation table with page references to the MOUS skills covered in the text and a discussion of how to use them to prepare for the exam and a data file reference section; and a running case-study provides the student with real-world capabilities for each of the software applications. Each lab builds upon the gained knowledge of the previous lab with a single case study running throughout each application text.